It’s difficult to choose “best” among all the photos of various species of mammals we saw this year, many of them for the first time. But here are some of my favorites.
Bighorn ram descending a rock face in Valley of Fire State Park, NVBighorn sheep grazing in Valley of Fire State Park, NVBig bruiser male Brown Bear in northeastern Finland. We were so close to the Russian border here, this was probably a Russian brown bear!Big bruiser and his girlfriend, at the Bear Centre, near Kuusamo, FinlandReindeer doe and calf, northern FinlandReindeer on the road in northern Finland. Most wear collars that let owners know where they are. European Red Squirrel in its roost hole, central FinlandBlack-and-White Ruffed Lemur, Lemurs Park, MadagascarCoquerel’s Sifaka, Lemurs Park, MadagascarGolden Bamboo Lemur eating toxic Giant Bamboo, Ranomafana National Park, MadagascarBeechey (California) ground squirrel, Pinnacles National Park, CAPronghorn Antelope, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, AZ
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